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CBF worker furthers education for children in Ethiopian town

CBF worker furthers education for children in Ethiopian town

Dee Donalson grasped a tiny hand and helped an Ethiopian kindergartener trace over stones lined in the shape of the numeral 2. (CBF photo)

Keynote speaker Lauran Bethell before gathered Fellowship Baptists

Keynote speaker Lauran Bethell before gathered Fellowship Baptists

Fellowship Baptists gathered for the third general session featuring keynote speaker Lauran Bethell. (Photo by Rod Reilly)

Fellowship Baptists participate in a time of prayer and discernment

Fellowship Baptists participate in a time of prayer and discernment

Cutline: Fellowship Baptists participated in an Assembly-wide time of prayer and discernment about CBF's future ministry priorities. (Photos by Rod Reilly and J.V. McKinney)

 
Baptist help valuable, recovery slow in Burma, China
By Rachel Mehlhaff & Vicki Brown   
Thursday, 17 July 2008

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Two months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma and a month after a major earthquake shattered much of China's Sichuan province, Baptist-led recovery efforts continue -- but conditions remain desperate in many places.

 
Baylor students cycle to Alaska for suicide awareness
By Lee Ann Marcel   
Thursday, 17 July 2008

WACO, Texas (ABP) -- As of July 15, five Baylor University students were nearing the end of a 4,500-mile bicycle journey from Texas to Alaska in an effort to raise awareness about the scourge of suicide in their age range.

 
Lilly provides $1M grant for CBF 'ecosystem' initiative
By ABP staff   
Thursday, 17 July 2008

ATLANTA (ABP) -- The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will create a leadership “ecosystem” during the next three years with a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.

 
ABC-USA proposes changes to focus on mission, churches
By Vicki Brown   
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) -- Leaders of the American Baptist Churches USA are proposing changes to the denomination’s governing structure that aim to encourage greater missional empowerment and broader involvement of affiliated churches.
 
Prosecutor asks international court to charge al-Bashir with genocide
By Robert Marus   
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (ABP) -- In what would become the world’s first prosecution of a sitting head of state for crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court’s head prosecutor is asking that Sudan’s leader be charged with genocide.
 

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